Title: Background Request Blocked Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # Background Request Blocked * [Soren Guldberg Kjer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fairsosworld/) * (@fairsosworld) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked-1/) * Every time I want to save my settings in the plugin in my sidebar. I got this. * A background request to WordPress was just blocked for the URL /wp-admin/admin- ajax.php. If this occurred as a result of an intentional action, you may consider whitelisting the request to allow it in the future. * It comes when I go in Appearance> Widget> and then when try to put widgets in my sidebars. (Recent Posts Extended Plugin) * Hope someone can help. * Kindest Regards * Søren * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/) Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [Mike Clayton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike-clayton/) * (@mike-clayton) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked-1/#post-7440527) * I’m getting this too. And because I am using Thrive Content Builder, the dialogue is coming up under a layer that means I can’t click to white list. GRRRR. I use WordFence and wonder if this is part of the problem. * Thread Starter [Soren Guldberg Kjer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fairsosworld/) * (@fairsosworld) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked-1/#post-7440595) * Hehe Mike thank you a lot it help to Deactivate wordfence. I owe you a big danish beer ;D But yes it’s still a problem….. [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/) * [Mike Clayton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike-clayton/) * (@mike-clayton) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked-1/#post-7440630) * You’re welcome. In fact, on another WP thread, someone suggested setting WordFence to Learning mode – that way, the link will be whitelisted as well. That is also what Thrive recommended to me. * [sitedesigndev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitedesigndev/) * (@sitedesigndev) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked-1/#post-7440782) * [@mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike/) Clayton * If you cant click the “whitelist this action” button because it is under your content builder, may I suggest pushing it to the top or pushing your content builder to the bottom with z-index CSS. * Use a browser such as Chrome and right-click on your page then click on inspect element. Then find the main container of either your content builder or wordfence notification and dynamically edit the z-index properties in CSS in the inspect element options to move one on top of the other. * This should allow you to click on the “whitelist this action” button. * [Mike Clayton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike-clayton/) * (@mike-clayton) * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked-1/#post-7440786) * sitedesigndev – Wow. What a cool tip. I had no idea you can do that. Thank you! * [tuomotiussa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tuomotiussa/) * (@tuomotiussa) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked-1/#post-8398162) * Thanks a lot for both of you Mike and sitedesigndev. * The Thrive builder works now when I set the Wordfence on learning mode. * I suppose the instruction of sitedesigndev would have worked too but it got a little bit too tehcnical for me since it is working now. * Hopefully I can soon set Wordfence firewall working normally and it wont conflict anymore. * But great advices thank you! * [Mike Clayton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike-clayton/) * (@mike-clayton) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked-1/#post-8399598) * I think this is WordFence working normally. Until it detects the Thrive action in learning mode, it detects the activity as potentially harmful. * I only needed WF in learning mode for one cycle of saving a TCG visual editor page. I then re-activated it, and now, I assume, it knows enough about the Thrive actions to see them as user-intended. * [narola_21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/narola_21/) * (@narola_21) * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-request-blocked-1/#post-8462237) * [@sitedesigndev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sitedesigndev/) – Yes, exaclty!! I’ve also followed this type of CSS trick. I’ve just set overlay ‘display:none’ from inspect element. * And this was allowed me to click on “whitelist this action” button. 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